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Nodulosphaeria hirta

Nodulosphaeria hirta Rabenh. Klotzschii Herb. Viv. Mycol., Edn Nov, Ser. Sec., Cent. 8: no. 725 (in sched.) (1858).

Index Fungorum number: IF 249425; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00252, Fig. 1

Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Nodulosphaeria spp. (a–j N. hirta, S-F70410, holotype). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h–j Ascospores. (k–o N. thalictri, MFLU 17-1241, holotype). k Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. l Section through ascomata. m Peridium. n, o Asci. p–s Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d–g, n, o = 20 μm, h–j, p–s =10 μm, k, l = 500 μm, m = 50 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 71 Nodulosphaeria epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Kalmusia, Leptosphaeria, Ophiobolus, Paraleptosphaeria, Pleospora, Pseudoophiobolus, Pyrenophora, Sigarispora and Wettsteinina. Nodulosphaeria comprises 46 species known on a wide range of host such as Achillea sp. (Asteraceae), Adenostyles alliariae (Asteraceae), Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae), Centaurea jacea (Asteraceae), Chrysanthemum vulgare (Asteraceae), Cichorium intybus (Asteraceae), Gnaphalium sylvaticum (Asteraceae), Jasminum humile (Oleaceae), Leontodon sp. (Asteraceae), Senecio fuchsii (Asteraceae) and Tanacetum sp. (Asteraceae). Nodulosphaeria is known from Asia (Pakistan), Europe (Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland) and North America (Canada).